extra-base hit
noun
: a hit in baseball that lets the batter take more than one base : a double, triple, or home run
He was on pace to collect 107 extra-base hits. (Only Babe Ruth, with 119 in 1921, and Lou Gehrig, with 117 in '27, had more.)—
Tom Verducci
Tom VerducciDespite missing 17 games with a thigh injury, he has 10 home runs and ranks second on the team in runs batted in, is third in extra-base hits and fifth in runs scored.—Michael Martinez
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Those same South Floridians who got to watch The Ohtani Game also spent two months this season watching Tim Anderson — who somehow went two months, and 38 games in a row, without getting any extra-base hits.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Up to that point, Freeman’s only extra-base hit of the postseason was his first-inning triple.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
Freeman is 1 for his past 15 and hasn’t had an extra-base hit during the postseason.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 19 Oct. 2024
Duran joined Jacoby Ellsbury (2011) and Mookie Betts (2018) as the only Red Sox players to record 30 or more steals and record 80 or more extra-base hits in a season.
—Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Up to that point, Freeman’s only extra-base hit of the postseason was his first-inning triple.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
Freeman is 1 for his past 15 and hasn’t had an extra-base hit during the postseason.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 19 Oct. 2024
Duran joined Jacoby Ellsbury (2011) and Mookie Betts (2018) as the only Red Sox players to record 30 or more steals and record 80 or more extra-base hits in a season.
—Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Extra-base hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extra-base%20hit. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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